**FILE**Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk poses in an unknown location in January 1949. Monk, whose North Carolina roots were evident in his music and his accent long after he moved to New York, will be the focus of an 18-event tribute opening on Sept. 15, 2007, at Duke University. (AP Photo)

**FILE**Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk poses in an...

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Audrey Hepburn is shown in a scene from "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Memorable movies, including "Breakfast at Tiffany?s," "Dirty Harry," "A League of Their Own" and "The Matrix" are being preserved for their enduring significance in American culture as The Library of Congress announces, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, the slate of films it will induct into the National Film Registry.(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures) ** NO SALES **
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Director Morgan Spurlock of TriStar Pictures' One Direction: This Is Us.
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1 LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER xxx Based on the life of a long-serving African-American butler, Lee Daniels' film really is a fictional piece that uses the butler (Forest Whitaker) as a witness to historical civil rights events. The script is clumsy and obvious, and the casting of the presidents is so ridiculous (Alan Rickman as Reagan?) as to be laughable. (PG-13) 132 minutes - Mick LaSalle $16,503,812, $51,760,625, two weeks

2 WE'RE THE MILLERS xxx A tasteless, mildly amusing, not-bad comedy - clumsy but with funny moments - starring Jason Sudeikis as a drug dealer who hires a stripper (Jennifer Aniston) and a pair of teenagers to pose as his family while he makes a huge drug run to Mexico. (R) 110 min. - M.L. $13,047,119, $91,287,318, three weeks

3 MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES x½ Fans of author Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments" fantasy series will enjoy this film. Almost everyone else will see a bad movie, with ridiculous dialogue, an unsympathetic heroine and a love triangle that goes nowhere. Sometimes, movies shouldn't be faithful to the book. (PG-13) 130 min. - Peter Hartlaub $9,336,957, $14,088,359, one week

4 THE WORLD'S END xxxx This is an imaginative film about a strange, needy, overbearing guy (Simon Pegg) who cajoles his former friends into joining him on a drinking binge in their old hometown, with results that no one could have bargained for. Good performances, smart dialogue and a script that bends genres are the features of this enjoyable film. (R) 109 min. - M.L. $8,790,237, one week

5PLANES xxx Dusty Crophopper is a crop-duster that wants to be a racing plane. The main story arc is predictable, with several themes reaching inevitable conclusions. But the smaller details remain fresh. (PG) 92 min. - P.H. $8,575,214, $59,599,909, three weeks

6YOU'RE NEXT xxx Slashers are the lowliest of genres, but this is a pretty decent one, highlighted by Sharni Vinson as a woman who happens to be on the scene when a family comes under attack by masked murderers. Turns out she's a survivalist, and so a routine slasher turns into something like a female version of "Straw Dogs." (R) 94 min. - M.L. $7,020,196, one week

7 ELYSIUM xxxx Life on Earth in 2154 is a little like 2013, only a lot worse, with Matt Damon as an average guy trying to make it to Elysium - an Earth colony for rich and powerful people - so he can get medical treatment. Jodie Foster plays the icy Elysium defense secretary. The film provides an intelligently imagined future world. (R) 109 min. - M.L. 6,926,280, $68,880,218, three weeks

8 PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS xxx Logan Lerman returns as Percy, the son of Poseidon, who hangs in Camp Half-Blood with other teenage God-spawn and fantastic creatures. The tree-deity that protects this little retreat of raging hormones is threatened, so Percy and his friends go on a journey to seek the healing powers of a Golden Fleece. (PG) 104 min. - P.H. $5,274,716, $48,421,169, three weeks

9 KICK-ASS 2 xx½ The second in this series, about an average high school kid who decides to become a superhero, has an appealing harshness in its comedy - but a disturbing harshness in its violence. And as the movie wears on, the violence takes over. (R) 103 min. - M.L. $4,373,310, $22,526,445, two weeks

10 BLUE JASMINE xxxxx Set in San Francisco and New York, this story of a woman who goes from fabulous wealth to destitution provides Cate Blanchett with her best role and represents another jewel in the crown of Woody Allen, who continues to experience a renaissance in his 70s. (PG-13) 99 min. - M.L. $3,972,687, $14,471,489, five weeks